Eat more macadamia nuts for hearty health
Here is some good news, especially for me who looovvvees any type of nut. Macadamia nuts are now being given the thumbs up and should be included among other nuts that have qualified health claims.
Included in a heart healthy diet, macadamia nuts did reduce total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein and triglyceride levels.
Up to this point, macadamia nuts as well as Brazil nuts and cashews were not included in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s list of nuts with qualified health claims due to their saturated fat level of 6g per 50 grams of nuts and the cut off being 4 g per 50 grams of nuts.
Now go eat some nuts!
Tags: cholesterol, heart-health, Hearty Diet, lipids, macadamia nuts, nutrition
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1 opinion for Eat more macadamia nuts for hearty health
Sandy Halliday
Oct 19, 2008 at 8:54 pm
I love nuts too and have always recommended them as part of a healthy diet. People get so worried about eating them as they are high in fat. But Macadamias contain the good monounsaturated fat that help reduce the LDL “bad” cholesterol and raise the HDL “good” cholesterol.
They should be eaten very fresh though as these good oils will go rancid if stored for a long time or at too high a temperature.
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